Wendy's founder Dave Thomas dead at 69

[Rahim]

Dave Thomas – the founder and well-known pitchman for the Wendy's burger chain – died at his home in Florida, the company said Tuesday.
Thomas, 69, died around midnight at his residence. The company said he succumbed to liver cancer after having a tumour for more than a decade.

He had also been receiving dialysis for a kidney problem since early 2001, and underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery in December 1996.

"Dave was our patriarch, a great, big lovable man," Jack Schuessler, chairman and CEO of Wendy's International, said in a statement. "He was the heart and soul of our company."

Founded by Thomas in Columbus, Ohio in 1969, Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers carried the nickname of Thomas' eight-year-old daughter Melinda Lou, who was called Wendy by her siblings.

The burger chain eventually grew to 6,000 restaurants in the United States, Canada and dozens of other countries.

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2002/01/08/thomas_020108.html


damn this is news to me....RIP DAVE, I WILL REMEMBER YOU WITH EVERY JUNIOR CHEESEBURGER THAT I EAT FROM NOW ON



Edit: what a number to die at..

 

[Jokerman]

That's what eating meat will do to you.

 

[Devious]

lol he's been dead for 5 years, and you only now noticed that he's not in any of the Wendy's commercials anymore, when he used to be in all of them?

 

[SicC]

lol he's been dead for 5 years, and you only now noticed that he's not in any of the Wendy's commercials anymore, when he used to be in all of them?

Ya man Rahim has got some issues, old Arnold prank phone call threads and now this shit.....

pz

 

[PuffnScruff]

once again sofi's usertitle rings true

 

[Eric]

Retard. Dude's been dead for a long ass time.

 

[Rahim]

some of you need to suck each other off...get in that corner already..what the hell r u wating for....

 

[SicC]

Rahim is mad cuase he pulled a Forest Gump. Remember when I made him mad on the yahoo chat talking about his mommy. Relaxe big man...u taking shit to seriously.../hug.

pz

 

[Rahim]

Rahim is mad cuase he pulled a Forest Gump. Remember when I made him mad on the yahoo chat talking about his mommy. Rlaxe big man...u taking shit to seriously.../hug.

pz

you know ur right i do take things too seriously..thanks for the gangster hug im cool now

 

[SicC]

you know ur right i do take things to seriously..thanks for the gangster hug im cool now

Anytime buddy

pz

 

[Rahim]

That's what eating meat will do to you.

let me guess..ur a vegetarian?